In private yes, in public no
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In private yes, in public no
Remember when we were going to "de-lever the public sector and re-lever the private sector".
“.. The US lost an average of 4k private-sector jobs per month over the last 3 months (ADP data), the first 3-month decline since the 2020 recession.”
- Bilello
- Bilello
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Remember when we were going to "de-lever the public sector and re-lever the private sector".
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Angel in public.... demon in private
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Angel in public.... demon in private
For anyone who believes the private sector can replace public investment in science: no, it's never going to come close.
It will never be cheaper to not have cures for diseases or to be beholden to someone for them. Health is a public service.
It will never be cheaper to not have cures for diseases or to be beholden to someone for them. Health is a public service.
Antiviral drug abandoned by pharma shows promise against dengue
A daily pill can prevent the crippling disease, but its maker won’t bring it to market
www.science.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
For anyone who believes the private sector can replace public investment in science: no, it's never going to come close.
It will never be cheaper to not have cures for diseases or to be beholden to someone for them. Health is a public service.
It will never be cheaper to not have cures for diseases or to be beholden to someone for them. Health is a public service.
WASH POST says JEFF YASS, the billionaire who dumped millions into TN-7 to get Van Epps past @aftynbehn.bsky.social & Jody Barrett, is “driven almost entirely” by private school VOUCHERS (for the rich) aka the war on public schools.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
WASH POST says JEFF YASS, the billionaire who dumped millions into TN-7 to get Van Epps past @aftynbehn.bsky.social & Jody Barrett, is “driven almost entirely” by private school VOUCHERS (for the rich) aka the war on public schools.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Here’s why Medicare is both public and private
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Here’s why Medicare is both public and private
I will say, if I never again hear “private public partnership” again in my life, I will have heard it enough.
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I will say, if I never again hear “private public partnership” again in my life, I will have heard it enough.
Honestly, I'm shocked we were able to stop smoking on planes and in many public and private spaces.
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Honestly, I'm shocked we were able to stop smoking on planes and in many public and private spaces.
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Since I've closed my paywalled pages, I'm making everything public as I see no reason to keep it private.
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Since I've closed my paywalled pages, I'm making everything public as I see no reason to keep it private.
LINK: mega.nz/folder/N68Cm...
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
**PUBLIC ARCHIVE UPDATED WITH ALL PREVIOUSLY PAYWALLED CONTENT**
Since I've closed my paywalled pages, I'm making everything public as I see no reason to keep it private.
LINK: mega.nz/folder/N68Cm...
Since I've closed my paywalled pages, I'm making everything public as I see no reason to keep it private.
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Correct. It's Graeber's bullshit job thesis restated in right-communitarian/postliberal vibes, except the bullshit jobs are all in the public sector instead of the private sector, as Graeber argued.
is "unproductive" jobs again this kindergarden-level "materialism" where if you don't produce a literal physical object then you're not producing anything
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Correct. It's Graeber's bullshit job thesis restated in right-communitarian/postliberal vibes, except the bullshit jobs are all in the public sector instead of the private sector, as Graeber argued.
Corruption is the ruthless pursuit of private wealth over public trust.
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Corruption is the ruthless pursuit of private wealth over public trust.
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools:
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools:
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Please ensure every federal health dollar is spent on PUBLIC healthcare and not private.
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Please ensure every federal health dollar is spent on PUBLIC healthcare and not private.
House Republicans 'can’t stand each other' as 'private snipping' goes public
www.alternet.org
House Republicans 'can’t stand each other' as 'private snipping' goes public
twp.ai
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
House Republicans 'can’t stand each other' as 'private snipping' goes public
It’s the worst of privatisation, alongside the water industry - a rip off of the public by private monopolies owners overseas. Worst part is we have a regulator that enables it.
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It’s the worst of privatisation, alongside the water industry - a rip off of the public by private monopolies owners overseas. Worst part is we have a regulator that enables it.
Trickle down economics. Deregulation. Shifting public funds to the private sector. More police. These conservative policies have never worked and they won't work under Carney either.
Things that will reduce crime.
- Poverty reduction
- Better mental health supports
- Decriminalization/Legalization of drug
- Addiction support and safe supply
Things that will not reduce crime.
- More cops
- Poverty reduction
- Better mental health supports
- Decriminalization/Legalization of drug
- Addiction support and safe supply
Things that will not reduce crime.
- More cops
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trickle down economics. Deregulation. Shifting public funds to the private sector. More police. These conservative policies have never worked and they won't work under Carney either.
very closed system, don't *trust* open sources of information and always overvalue private ones. So they didn't trust Taiwanese identity polling or public newspaper reports as much as they did some guy they were talking to at the KMT or a gangster, for instnace.
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
very closed system, don't *trust* open sources of information and always overvalue private ones. So they didn't trust Taiwanese identity polling or public newspaper reports as much as they did some guy they were talking to at the KMT or a gangster, for instnace.
But what historical scholarship shows is that modern journalistic norms, especially around balance and objectivity, actually arose as a defensive measure by powerful, private owners of media to stop increased public oversight and public alternatives to for-profit media.
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
But what historical scholarship shows is that modern journalistic norms, especially around balance and objectivity, actually arose as a defensive measure by powerful, private owners of media to stop increased public oversight and public alternatives to for-profit media.
You accidentally say it in public because you say it all the time in private with your friends and family.
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
You accidentally say it in public because you say it all the time in private with your friends and family.
On this front, a reminder that (in Scotland at least), people are very supportive of capping donations to political parties and supplementing / replacing it with per-vote based public funding. 60% supported public funding for parties and 51% selected options that *at least* capped private donations!
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
On this front, a reminder that (in Scotland at least), people are very supportive of capping donations to political parties and supplementing / replacing it with per-vote based public funding. 60% supported public funding for parties and 51% selected options that *at least* capped private donations!
We love to subsidize private profit with public money, don't we folks?!
Just sit with this for a moment, Virginia:
Data centers have avoided paying $2.7 billion in state taxes — including $1 billion last year alone — through state incentives.
Data centers are getting the lion's share of state incentives despite supporting few long-term jobs, per the report.
Data centers have avoided paying $2.7 billion in state taxes — including $1 billion last year alone — through state incentives.
Data centers are getting the lion's share of state incentives despite supporting few long-term jobs, per the report.
Watchdog: Data centers dominate Virginia's incentive spending
Data centers avoided paying $2.7 billion in state taxes — including $1 billion last year alone.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We love to subsidize private profit with public money, don't we folks?!
like if we're going to measure a public utility that is so important that it's *literally in our Constitution* by accounting results, fine, let's maybe do that with the same standards as we do with private enterprises especially if we're going to get all *this kind of punctuation* about it
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
like if we're going to measure a public utility that is so important that it's *literally in our Constitution* by accounting results, fine, let's maybe do that with the same standards as we do with private enterprises especially if we're going to get all *this kind of punctuation* about it
Activists have a plan to lower Americans’ energy bills: public power. It’s a proven alternative to utilities that have squeezed billions from ratepayers, showing our infrastructure can serve a public good, not a private profit. From James Baratta: trib.al/a1roqYL
Lightning in a Bottle - The American Prospect
Regulatory capture is at the root of the affordability crisis in electricity. Public power could offer a way out.
trib.al
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Activists have a plan to lower Americans’ energy bills: public power. It’s a proven alternative to utilities that have squeezed billions from ratepayers, showing our infrastructure can serve a public good, not a private profit. From James Baratta: trib.al/a1roqYL